JPH06933A - Electronic composing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select a type while a character image after composing is being confirmed. CONSTITUTION:A casting region CR is indicated on an image display part 42 and composing data is indicated on a composing data display part 44. When types are selected on a type selection display part 46 and the start of the arrangement of the selected types is indicated, the selected type row is processed according to the composing data to form type images which-are, in turn, arranged within the casting region CR. That is, since the images of a composed result are displayed immediately after the selection of types, an operator can select types wile the composed result is being observed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic typesetting method, and more particularly, to an electronic typesetting method in which characters after typesetting are arranged on a screen for character writing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electronic plate making process, an electronic typesetting device for arranging a character string on a block original is used. The process of arranging a character string on a block copy document is generally called "flowing". In the conventional typesetting process, an operator first inputs a character string using a typesetting device, inputs typesetting information indicating various characteristics (typeface, size, color, angle, etc.) of each character, and then According to the typesetting information, the electronic typesetting device forms a character image reflecting the characteristics of the character string. In the electronic typesetting device, it is also possible to limit the area in which characters are poured (hereinafter referred to as “flow area”) to a part of the screen, or to tilt the flow area.

[0003]

Since the electronic typesetting apparatus performs such complicated typesetting processing, conventionally, it is not possible to confirm the finish at the stage when the operator sets the type, and after the typesetting is executed. I could only check the finish. On the other hand, in a normal word processor, it is impossible to specify a region in which a character string is arranged and to perform a complicated process of tilting the character string as a whole. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic typesetting method capable of performing character writing while confirming a character image after typesetting.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic typesetting method according to the present invention provides a typesetting means for writing a character string, a figure designating means for designating the shape of a figure, and typesetting information. An electronic typesetting method for performing typesetting by using an electronic typesetting device including typesetting information input means for inputting, typesetting executing means for electronically performing typesetting, and display means, comprising: (a)
A step of designating, using the graphic designating means, a flow-in region of an arbitrary shape for arranging a character string to be typed on the screen of the display means; And inputting typesetting information including the character size using the typesetting information input means, and (c) placing a character string using the typesetting means and arranging the placed character string. The step of specifying the start of
(D) according to the designation, arranging the typed character string in the pouring area according to the typesetting information, and displaying the arranged character string on the display means.

[0005]

When the start of the arrangement process of the typed character string is designated, the typed character string is displayed on the screen of the display means according to the typesetting information, so that the operator immediately displays the typesetting result on the screen when the type is set. You can check it at.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic typesetting apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention. This electronic typesetting device is C
A PU 10 and a bus line 12 are provided. The bus line 12 is connected to a graphic data memory 14, a typesetting information memory 18, a typesetting device 20, and a typeset data memory 22. A keyboard 30, a mouse 32, and a digitizer 34 are connected to the bus line 12 as input devices, and a color CRT is used as an output device.
36 is connected. Further, a magnetic disk 38 is connected as an external storage device.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the typesetting work in this embodiment. In step S1, the operator designates a figure in the pouring area. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a screen of the color CRT 36. As shown in FIG. 3, the screen has an image display section 42 and a typesetting information display section 44.
And a character display section 46. When designating the pouring region CR, the operator operates the digitizer 34 or the mouse 32 to designate the coordinates of the four vertices P1 to P4 of the pouring region CR.

In this embodiment, the flow-in area is a quadrangle, but it is also possible to specify flow-in areas of various shapes such as other polygons, rectangles, circles, ellipses and the like. Data representing the designated pouring area CR is stored in the graphic data memory 14. FIG. 4 shows the graphic data memory 1
4 is a conceptual diagram showing data of a pouring area stored in FIG.

In step S2, the operator inputs the typesetting information of the character string to be flown into the flow-in area CR. Figure 3
As shown in, each item of the typesetting information is displayed in the typesetting information display section 44, and the operator uses the keyboard 30 and the mouse 32 to specify the numerical value of each item and the selection branch. The typesetting information includes typeface (Mincho, Gothic, etc.), series (character size, 1st grade = 250 μm), character spacing, character angle, line angle, type direction (horizontal writing or vertical writing), and characters. There is the color and the deformation rate of the character. The input formatting information is
It is stored in the typesetting information memory 18. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the typesetting information stored in the typesetting information memory 18.

In step S3, a character string to be flown into the flow-in area CR is input. The operator uses the keyboard 30
When a character string is input from, the character string is displayed on the character display area 46 shown in FIG. At this time, a desired kanji character is selected by performing kana / kanji conversion, and a character string including the selected kanji character is displayed in the character collection display unit 46.

After confirming the character string in the character display section 46,
When the operator presses the carriage return key of the keyboard 30, the character string is flown into the flow-in area CR of the image display unit 42 (step S4). At this time, the typesetting device 20 is operated in accordance with the typesetting information displayed on the typesetting information display section 44.
Creates an image of a character string and arranges it in the pouring area CR. In this embodiment, the start of the placement process is instructed by the key input of the carriage return key, but the start of the placement process may be designated by another input key.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of arranging characters in the flow-in area CR. FIG. 6A shows a case where the rectangular flow-in area CR is not tilted with respect to the xy coordinate system of the screen, and the character string is arranged horizontally in the flow-in area CR. The character strings are arranged from the upper left of the flow area CR toward the right, and the position of each character is
It is defined by the coordinates of the lower left point of each character. For example, the coordinates (xa, ya) of the lower left point of the first character "ko" are based on the coordinates (x4, y4) of the upper left point P4 of the flow area CR.
It is calculated by the following formula. xa = x4 ya = y4-L Here, L is the size of the character prescribed by the series of the typesetting information.

As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the pouring area C
When R is tilted at a rotation angle θz (hereinafter, referred to as “graphic angle”), the respective characters are also arranged in a tilted angle θz accordingly. It is also possible to specify different rotation angles for each line and each character in the filling area CR. 7A shows the character angle θm, FIG. 7B shows the line angle θg, and FIG. 7C shows the figure angle θz. At this time, the characters in the flow-in region CR are arranged at an angle of θz + θm + θg with respect to the xy coordinate system of the screen. The character angle θm and the line angle θg are stored as typesetting information, and the graphic angle θz is stored as graphic data. When the flow-in region CR is rectangular, the figure angle θz is set to the inclination of one side of the rectangle.

In the image display section 42 of FIG. 3, an image of the character string "from now on" arranged in the flow-in area CR is shown. Further, the image display section 42 displays a cursor C indicating the position of the character to be arranged next. The cursor C is composed of one character "$" displayed according to the current typesetting information. This character may be a special symbol that indicates that it is a cursor, or you can use a normal character such as "A" to indicate that it is a cursor by inverting or blinking its color. Good. Thus, by displaying one character according to the typesetting information as the cursor C, it is possible to know the typeface and size of the arranged characters before inputting the character string, and if necessary, the typesetting information. Can be changed.

The character image of each character is developed based on the font data previously stored in the magnetic disk 38 according to the typeface or series specified by the typesetting information. When using outline font data as font data, the outline points of the outline of each character specified in the font data are based on the arrangement coordinates (coordinates of the lower left point) and rotation angle (θz + θm + θg) of each character. Affine transformed. A character image is formed by connecting each contour point with a straight line and filling the inside thereof.

The data representing the image of the character string thus arranged in the flow-in area CR is stored in the formatted data memory 22 as the formatted data. FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing the formatted data in the formatted data memory 22. As shown in FIG. 8, the formatted data includes the formatted information about the character string, the character code (2-byte code) for each character, and the arrangement coordinate (the coordinate of the lower left point of the character).

Returning to FIG. 2, in step S5, the typesetting device 20 determines whether or not the filling of one line is completed. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image IM arranged in three columns. In FIG. 9, one line of character string is shown by one straight line, and the length of one line is LL. When the character string is not flowed for one line, the process returns to step S3 and steps S3 and S4 are repeated. On the other hand, when the filling of one line is completed, the process proceeds to step S6 and the process of the next line is performed.

If the arrangement of the character string for one row is not completed in step S7, the process returns to step S3 and steps S3 to S6 are repeated. On the other hand, if the arrangement of the character strings for one row has been completed, the process proceeds to step S8, and the process for the next row is performed. In step S9, the operator determines whether or not to change the typesetting information in a new stage. If the operator wants to change the typesetting information, the process returns to step S2 to change the typesetting information. At this time, the typesetting information display section 44 of the screen of the color CRT 36
While watching, change only the items you want to change.

Thus, by repeating steps S2 to S9, the image of the desired character string is arranged in the flow-in region CR. As described above, in this embodiment, when a character string is typed and the start of the placement process is designated by the carriage return key, the typed character string is immediately placed in the pouring area CR on the screen. The operator can observe the arranged character string and immediately judge the quality. When the arranged character string is not satisfactory, it is possible to insert a character in the middle or change part of the typesetting information of the arranged character string. To change the formatting information of a part of the character string, use the mouse 32
A character string for which the typesetting information is desired to be changed is selected by using, and desired items (typeface, series, character angle, character color, etc.) of the typesetting information display section 44 are changed with the character string selected.

As described above, one pouring region C is formed.
When there are a plurality of character string groups having different typesetting information in R, the typesetting information is recorded for each character group having different typesetting information in the formatted data. In this case, mouse 3
When an arbitrary character or character string is selected using 2, the typesetting information of the character or character string is displayed on the typesetting information display section 44. Then, when the typesetting information is changed, a character image created according to the changed typesetting information is displayed on the image display unit 42. In this way, the operator can
There is an advantage that a desired character image can be created while watching.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0022]

As described above, according to the electronic typesetting method of the present invention, when the start of the arrangement process of the typed character string is designated, the typed character string is displayed on the screen of the display means according to the typesetting information. Since it is displayed, the operator can check the result of the typesetting on the screen immediately after the character is typed. That is, there is an effect that it is possible to perform the character writing while checking the character image after the typesetting.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic typesetting device as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a procedure of typesetting work in this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a screen of a color CRT 36.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing data of a pouring area stored in a graphic data memory 14.

5 is a conceptual diagram showing typesetting information stored in a typesetting information memory 18. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of arranging characters in the filling area CR.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a character angle θm, a line angle θg, and a figure angle θz.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing the formatted data in the formatted data memory 22.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing an example of a column.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 CPU 12 bus line 14 graphic data memory 18 typesetting information memory 20 typesetting device 22 typeset data memory 30 keyboard 32 mouse 34 digitizer 36 color CRT 38 magnetic disk 42 image display section 44 typesetting information display section 46 character display section C cursor CR Area IM image P1 to P4 Vertex θg Row angle θm Character angle θz Graphic angle

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Masayuki Tokuda 1 at 1 Tenjin Kitamachi, 4-chome Tenjin Kitamachi, Kami-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A typesetting unit for typesetting a character string, a figure designating unit for designating the shape of a figure, a typesetting information inputting unit for inputting typesetting information, a typesetting executing unit for electronically typesetting, and a display. An electronic typesetting method for performing typesetting by using an electronic typesetting apparatus including: (a) a flow area having an arbitrary shape for arranging a character string to be printed on the screen of the display means, Specifying using the figure specifying means, (b) inputting typesetting information including a typeface and character size for a character string to be typed using the typesetting information input means, (c) the typesetting information A step of designating the start of the arrangement process for the selected character string while characterizing the character string by using the character means; and (d) the typed character string is formatted according to the specification. According to the information in the pouring area As well as location, electronic typesetting method characterized by and a step of displaying the arranged character string on the display means.